The Missouri Southern women's basketball team takes on the Culver-Stockton College Wildcats of the Heart of American Conference at 5:30 pm in the fourth game of a six-game stretch inside the Leggett and Platt tomorrow evening.
Game Information
Date: Monday December 17, 2018
Tip-Off: 5:30 pm
Location: Joplin, Mo.
Site: Leggett and Platt Athletic Center
Series Record: MSSU: leads 6-1
Media Coverage
MSSU Radio: Fox Sports Joplin 101.3, AM 1560; 88.7 FM KXMS
Audio: http://radio.securenetsystems.net/v5/WMBH
Webcast: http://themiaanetwork.com/mssulions/
Live Stats: https://mssulions.com/sidearmstats/wbball/summary
Picking Up the Scent: Five Components on Opponents
Culver-Stockton College
Picked ninth in the Heart preseason poll
Heart of America Rankings (13 schools):
3rd in defensive rebounds per game (29.0)
T-4th in 3-point field goal percentage (.318)
5th in 3-point field goals made (85)
Return ten total players, including Heart of America Athletic conference second-team senior forward Lacey Clark and honorable mention junior guards Carly Harper and Courteney Sailor with all averaging over nine points per game
Coach Janette Burgin won twenty games in back-to-back seasons (2014-16) and is looking for her first winning season since that time
It's one win against the Lions happened 31 years ago in Joplin
Quick Notes
Stop the Polls
The Lions enter this year chosen to finish to 10th in the conference after going 11-17 and 8-11 in MIAA play during the 2017-18 campaign. Defending NCAA Champions Central Missouri was chosen to win the MIAA with 13 first-place votes while Fort Hays received the remaining vote in second as Emporia State (3), Washburn (4), and Central Oklahoma (5) rounded out the top-5.
FHSU has leaped UCM to sixth and one first-place vote while UCM dropped eight spots to 15th
UCO and ESU remain in 23rd and 24th respectively to round out the MIAA.
Leader of the Pride
Guard Chelsey Henry returns as the only senior from last year's squad and will be looked upon to make sure that all nine newcomers understand what it means to compete in what is the MIAA. She closed out last year's schedule fifth in the MIAA in scoring (17.5 ppg), fourth in free-throw percentage (86.6%), and seventh in field-goal percentage (43.0%) to earn All-MIAA honorable mention while being just 31 points shy of breaking the 1,000 career-point barrier in the green and gold after registering double-digit scoring in five of six games.
Stop the Polls
The Lions enter this year chosen to finish to 10th in the conference after going 11-17 and 8-11 in MIAA play during the 2017-18 campaign. Defending NCAA Champions Central Missouri was chosen to win the MIAA with 13 first-place votes while Fort Hays received the remaining vote in second as Emporia State (3), Washburn (4), and Central Oklahoma (5) rounded out the top-5.
FHSU has leaped UCM to sixth and one first-place vote while UCM dropped eight spots to 15th
UCO and ESU remain in 23rd and 24th respectively to round out the MIAA.
Leader of the Pride
Guard Chelsey Henry returns as the only senior from last year's squad and will be looked upon to make sure that all nine newcomers understand what it means to compete in what is the MIAA. She closed out last year's schedule fifth in the MIAA in scoring (17.5 ppg), fourth in free-throw percentage (86.6%), and seventh in field-goal percentage (43.0%) to earn All-MIAA honorable mention while being just 31 points shy of breaking the 1,000 career-point barrier in the green and gold after registering double-digit scoring in five of six games.
It's not how high, but how you position yourself to possess the basketball
The Lions have quietly outrebounded every single opponent through nine games. Their willingness to find and go after a loose ball on a miss shot launching them into the NCAA Division II top-20 in four categories. They rank second in rebound margin (14.8), 11th for rebounds (47) and defensive rebounds per game (32), and 20th in total rebounds (420). A front court presence of 5'10 Chasidee Owens (76), 6'2 Jordan Schoenberger (58), and 6'3 Zoe Campbell (57) have thought for 191 of the team's rebounds overall with five double-digit stretches between the trio.
How many Transfers are we going to take before passing? FOUR!!!
With eight players departing, the coaching staff mapped out the entire college basketball landscape in order to find four transfers and they did in the shape of 6'1 forward Laure Assena (Lipscomb University), 5'10 guard Chasidee Owens (Ouachita Baptist), 5'8 guard Destiny Cozart (John A. Logan), and 6'2 center Jordan Schoenberger (Independence CC).
Up Next
The Lions continue their non-conference slate in a 2:00 pm showdown against Illinois-Springfield on Wednesday before breaking for the Holidays and then concluding their home stand versus Tabor College (Kan.) on Dec. 29 at 1:30 pm.
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